Rakhi ka Insaaf is an Indian television show hosted by actress and item girl

Item number

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 Rakhi Sawant

Rakhi sawant

Rakhi Sawant is an Indian dancer, Hindi film and television actress, model and television talk show host.She was born as Neeru Bheda to Jaya Bheda, who married Sawant, a police constable at Worli Police Station, and gave her children her second husband's name Sawant...

 aired on NDTV Imagine

NDTV Imagine

Imagine TV is a Hindi general entertainment channel, owned by Turner Broadcasting System based in Mumbai.- History :The channel was established by NDTV Group under the stewardship of former STAR India CEO Sameer Nair. The channel, was launched in India on January 21, 2008 as NDTV Imagine...

Controversy

. The show is controversial for Sawant's use of obscene language. The show has been slammed by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry of the Indian Government as well as the Allahabad High Court. Sawant has been accused of abeting suicide of a participant of the show. The family members of the participant maintained that the participant had slipped into depression and killed himself as Sawant had called him impotent on air. As on Dec 8, 2010, the Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court

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 reserved its judgment regarding the guilt of Sawant in the abetment of suicide of the participant. The court observed the choice of language of the anchor

Anchor

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 were very offensive and uncivil. The bench also stated that the should not transgress the bounds of ethical value. Sawant's arrest was however stayed as there was no suicide note left by the deceased vindicating Sawant. The Information & Broadcasting Ministry had ordered that the time slots for the show on NDTV Imagine and Big Boss

Big Boss

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 aired on Colors be changed from prime time to 11 p.m. till December 3, 2010. The shows were also directed to run a disclaimer stating that their content were not suitable for children. News channels were also directed to not broadcast footage from these shows. The Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court at Mumbai, Maharashtra, is the High Court of India with jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra & Goa, and, the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli...

had stayed this order.